Kerrville apartment manager buys tenants some peace and quiet

A view of the Louise Hays Park from the adjacent Park Lane Apartments in Kerrville.

The management of a Kerrville apartment complex has taken unusual steps to ensure peace for its tenants.

Residents of the Park Lane Apartments in Kerrville had complained about the noise coming from an outdoor pavilion at nearby Louise Hays Park, said Ken Wilson, president of Wilson Assent Management Inc., which manages the apartments.

Some of Park Lane’s 30 apartments are about 30 feet from the pavilion, which can be rented from the city of Kerrville, Wilson said. Next to the pavilion is a seating area for about 100, he said.

Wilson said he’d received complaints from the apartments’ residents that parties at the pavilion were lasting past the 11 p.m. curfew, and even the parties that ended on time were loud and kept residents awake.

So, Wilson said, he approached the city to try to have the pavilion closed by 8 p.m. He said he has reached a possible compromise with the city, and the City Council is considering changing the park’s rules to require loud music to shut off by 9 p.m. and to impose a 10 p.m. curfew at the pavilion.

In the meantime, Wilson said he went ahead and rented the pavilion for as many Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights as he could from July 10 to the end of September. It ended up being 25 days, he said, for a total of $1,250. Wilson also put down a $2,500 deposit, which he expects to get back.